Background
BEAMENT, James William Longman was born on November 17, 1921 in Crewkeme, Somerset. Son of Tom Beament and Elizabeth Munden.
professor of agriculture and science
BEAMENT, James William Longman was born on November 17, 1921 in Crewkeme, Somerset. Son of Tom Beament and Elizabeth Munden.
Crewkeme Grammar School, Queens’ College, Cambridge, London School of Tropical Medicine.
Lecturer, University of Cambridge 1961-1967, Fellow and Tutor, Queens" College 1962-1967, Chairman Faculty of Biology 1962-1972, 1982-1984. Professor, of Agriculture and Head, Department, of Applied Biology 1969-1989. President Queens’ College, Cambridge 1981-1986.
Life Fellow Queens" College, Cambridge since 1989.
Scientific.
General Board Cambridge University Press 1963-1967, Reader 1967-1969, Syndic. 1969-1979; Natural Environment Research Council 1970-1983, Chair, 1976-1980.
Married Sara Juliet Barker in 1962.